Vehicle-wheel.



Nb. 646,790. Patented Apr. 3, 1900.

I J. BELL.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

(Application filed Feb. 3, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE;

JOHN BELL, OF TORONTO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN HENRY MOKNIGHT, OF SAME PLACE.

VEHlC LE-WH EEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,790, dated April 3 1900.

Application filed February 3,1900. Serial No. 3,860. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BELL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 954- Queen street, west, Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to vehicle-wheels, has especial reference to the hub, has for its object the production of a strong, durable, and light hub at a minimum cost, and consists in certain improvements in construction which will be fully disclosed inthe following specification and claims.

The drawing shows a hub in vertical longitudinal section, the axle-journal and part of the spokes in side elevation.

Reference being had'to the drawing and the letters thereon, A indicates the inner section, and B the outer section, of the hub, made of cast metal, and C the middle section or core, preferably made of wood for lar e and h e a vy wheels; 1mm made of light metal, such as aluminium,for small and light wheels. Each section A B is provided with an annular spoke-flange a, having elongated slots 1) therein to receive the inner ends of the spokes c, and the spokes are secured to the flange a by nuts d, one side of which bears against the vertical and concentric wall 6 to prevent turning on the spoke and becoming accidentally disengaged therefrom, annular flangesf extending inward toward the longitudinal center of and meeting at the center to completely encircle and inclosethe section 0 of the hub, the inner 'splfaces gbrstnunamee being tapefie'dj'fi'eferably, tlfrddgliift their length and, in conjunction with the concentric wall (2, form a chamber h to receive the section 0, whose ends rest against the inner sides 11 of the wall e and prevent the escape of a lubricant from the chamber 70. The chamber is formed by boring the section 0 slightly larger in diameter than the adjacent portion. of the bore of the hub.

Each section A B is provided with an elongated annular extension Z of a length about equal to the length of the section 0 to form bearings for the journal D of the axle at each end thereof, with the lubricant-chamber 70 between them, from which the lubricant is distributed to the journal of the axle and the bearings of the hub.

The sections A B are provided with sandbands in 92, preferably shrunk thereon.

v In assembling the parts of the hub the flanges f of the sections are pushed over the opposite tapering portions 0 p of the section 0, when the spokes c are inserted, and when drawn taut between the rim or felly of the wheel (not shown) and the hub the tension of the spokes draws the sections A B toward the longitudinal center of the hub and retains them in position on the section 0.

The sections A B may be made of malleable cast-iron and are therefore capable of resisting rough usage, wear, and tear and can be made at a very small cost.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is --1. A hub for vehicle-wheels made of two opposite sections having flanges extending inwardly and meeting in the longitudinal center of the hub and oppositely-extended axlebearings, and a section interposed between said opposite sections and completely inclosed by said flanges.

2. A hub for vehicle-wheels made of two opposite sections having extended axle-bearings, oppositely-extending annular flanges meeting at the longitudinal center of the hub and an annular spoke-flange; and a section interposed between the former sections, out of contact with the journal of the axle and completely inclosed by said flanges.

3. A hub for vehicle-wheels, made of two opposite metallic sections having outwardlyextended axle-bearings and inwardly-extended flanges, a concentric wall between the bearings and the flanges, and an annular spoke-flange and awooden section interposed between the metallic sections and inclosed by said inwardly-extended flanges.

4. A hub for vehicle-wheels, made of two 5 opposite end sections having extended axlebearings and internally-tapered and inwardly-extended flanges meeting in the longitudinal center of the hub, and a wooden section externally tapered in opposite directions, provided with a bore of greater diameter than IO the journal of the axle and contained within said flanges of the end sections.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J NO. BELL. Witnesses:

F. S. MEARNS, A. H. MoNTEITH. 

